Trump – David Haldane

March 1, 2026

Another Journalist Bites the Dust

By David Haldane March 2, 2026 I promised to bring him a crucifix. He was my publicist in Manila, a devout Catholic with whom […]

January 5, 2026

Born to Be Free? — The Case Against Birthright Citizenship

By David Haldane Jan. 5, 2026 I was born in America. Which makes me a US citizen. My parents were citizens too: Dad by […]

September 22, 2025

A Political Assassination

By David Haldane Sept. 22, 2025 My wife had never heard of him. “Do you know who Charlie Kirk is?” she asked as we […]

August 4, 2025

Brotherly Love

By David Haldane Aug. 4, 2025 This isn’t the first time it’s happened, though I expect it will be the last. My brother has […]

July 13, 2025

Invisible Fireworks

By David Haldane July 14, 2025 I’d never seen anything like it. The July 4th fireworks display that didn’t happen. And yet, a perfect […]

June 1, 2025

Camping Out in Trump’s America

By David Haldane June 2, 2025 The tension began at the airport. We had watched recent events unfolding in America from our veranda overlooking the […]

April 7, 2025

Deporting Radicals

By David Haldane April 7, 2025 I understand why students protest. As an undergraduate at UCLA in the late 1960s, I spent a fair […]

March 10, 2025

One Job

By David Haldane March 10, 2025 He had one job. To sign an already-negotiated agreement granting US rights to Ukrainian rare-earth minerals, which America […]

December 16, 2024

A Return to Old-Fashioned Journalism at the LA Times?

By David Haldane Dec. 16, 2024 I’ve been meaning to write this column for a couple of months. My hesitation was because it involves […]

November 17, 2024

Sexual Suffrage or Feminist Freakout?

By David Haldane Nov. 18, 2024 I can’t say I’m surprised. Distressed by Donald Trump’s recent electoral victory, some leftist American women are vowing to […]

June 12, 2023

Slaughter, Slaughter Everywhere

By David Haldane June 8, 2023 The headline was a grabber. “We had our own holocaust here,” it grievously intoned. The story that followed–on the […]

June 16, 2022

Activism’s Heavy Toll

By David Haldane June 16, 2022 It was everywhere. With few exceptions, every TV news channel in America livestreamed last week’s Congressional hearings in […]